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Information for Donors

Make a gift today and you can help the California Innocence Project free wrongfully convicted men and women who are imprisoned for a crime they did not commit. By supporting the California Innocence Project, you’ll help uphold the integrity of our criminal justice system now and for years to come. From investigation to exoneration, your donation provides the California Innocence Project with the resources required to pursue an innocence claim within our legal system.

For more information about more ways to give, such as estate planning, tribute or honor giving, or employer giving, please contact Brian Daly at BDaly@cwsl.edu.

California Western School of Law is a Non-Profit Organization under the IRS Code 501(c)(3). Gifts to the California Innocence Project may be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law (EIN#: 95-2944594). Consult your tax advisor for questions regarding your specific tax situation.

Leave a Legacy

All it takes is a quick phone call to your lawyer to add a charitable gift to your will or trust, using the language to the right. Please let us know when you add the California Innocence Project to your will or trust so that we may express our appreciation and recognize you as an honored member of California Western’s Juris Legatum Society, granting you all membership benefits. For details on California Western’s giving societies, please visit:https://www.cwsl.edu/giving/giving-societies.

Will Language:

“I give to the California Innocence Project, located in San Diego, California, [the sum of $______] OR [ % of the residue of my estate], to be used by the California Innocence Project [for its general purposes] OR [according to a statement of intent previously agreed to by the California Innocence Project and me].”

Trust Language:

“My Trustee shall distribute to the California Innocence Project, located in San Diego, California, [the sum of $______ ] OR [ % of the residue of my estate], to be used by the California Innocence Project [for its general purposes] OR [according to a statement of intent previously agreed to by the California Innocence Project and me].”